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Number Skills

Impact

After completing the Number Skills workshop, typical participants:

Increase number accuracy by 50%.
Increase speed of number perception by 20%.
Retain up to 12 digit numbers.
Recognize groups of 3 in number patterns.
Improve accuracy of transfer and correct placement.

“Sometimes what seems like the smallest error can lead to a huge difference in our numbers that can take hours to track down and correct. Just a few incorrect numbers can make the team look bad and create so much unnecessary work. We've got to be more accurate inputting numerical data.”

Delivery Options

Classroom (8 hrs
two 4-hr sessions or
four 2-hr sessions)

With increased audit requirements and heightened corporate oversight, accuracy of data entry has become a critical aspect of business today. Keying, recording, transferring, and checking numbers requires both skill and technique to maintain accuracy and increase productivity.

Number Skills uses visual and listening exercises to enable the rapid and accurateperception of numbers and letter/number combinations. Feedback from hundreds of individuals helped identify various tools and techniques that increase efficiency and accuracy for those in positions that involve number transfer.

Who Will Benefit From Number Skills?

Anyone whose daily tasks require accurate keying, transferring, recording, or checking of numbers will benefit. These roles include:

Data entry operators
Medical records personnel
Customer service representatives
Accounting assistants
Payroll administrators
Claims department personnel
Reservation agents

Financial analysts
Order processors
Mortgage and loan processors
Billing administrators
Bank tellers
Distribution center personnel
Credit card service providers

Objectives

Transfer data more accurately and quickly
Improve perceiving, hearing, grouping, and proofing of numbers
Increase overall performance and productivity

Program Description

Number Skills can be delivered in four 2-hour sessions or two 4-hour sessions.

Using proven techniques, individuals practice new skills using video, audio, and workbook exercises. Participants analyze and drill on number patterns, so they develop the skills to quickly and accurately identify and transfer data to written or computer-generated documents.

Participants achieve measurable increases in number accuracy, perception, and retention. To measure results, a Pre-and Post-Test is administered at the beginning and end of the four sessions.

Course Materials

Instructor's Kit

Instructor’s Administrative Kit with media (audio and video) needed to conduct the workshop. Each participant workbook page is included in the instructor’s guide with easy-to-follow facilitation guidelines.

Participant's Kit